[Gllug] License debates

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

SteveC wrote:

> Hi
>
> This month we've had a large license debate on the openstreetmap talk
list which began here
>
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2007-February/011537.html
>
> and then spread to our legal-talk list.
>
> It strikes me that our community is relatively new to old issues such as
BSD vs. GPL and the like.
>
> I was wondering what people here may think about any ways we could
shortcut some of the flame wars and back and forth that's often prefaced
with 'IANAL'.
>
> I'm hoping that people here may have experience of the infancy of other
FLOSS projects and how they did or didn't resolve these issues.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> have fun,
>
> SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/


Hi Steve,
well, if you want some big company to be able to take your work, rip it
off, and not give anything back, then the BSD license is ideal for you.
Microsoft for example, loves the BSD license, and would probably encourage
you to use it.

On the other hand, if you want to guarantee freedom for all future users,
then use the GPL.

Regards,
Gabriel.
http://lives.sourceforge.net


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